Oxygen and hydrogen generator



G. MILLER.

OXYGEN AND HYDRUGEN GENERATOR.

APPLICATloN FILED JUNE Il, 1919.

Patented Mau'. 23, 1926 UNIIED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVE MILLER. F LGS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GXYGEN .AND HYDROGEN GENERATOR.

Applintion filed June 1T. 1919.

le. it known that l. lilwulc .WILLI-1:. :l nilizen of the lnited Stute residing' :d Los Angeles. in the. roomy ol" Lohl Angl-hrw :and Stale ot' California. haw invented nen :und unefnl In1p1-orenlent` in (Argon :md livA drogen (ienorntors. of nhieh the l'ollowiog is n spet'ilicntion.

My ohjel't is to make :in improved oxygoo :ind hydrogen generator. und mi' invention eonsistsvol' the novel fattori` herein ldion-n. described und elninied.

Figure l is :1 perhpoltire oi :1n oxygen und hydrogen generator embodying the printriples of my invention.

Fig. E2 is n Yerlil'nl longitlidillul sectionnl detail on the line of Fig. l :ind lookingY in the diret-tion indienled hy the nrroiw.

Fig'. 5l is :i vertiezll erom oec-tion on the lino 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Tho container l is i'eelnngnlnr in plzzn :nid han n lint bottom Strnight wrtimll endg fl und straight veriinnl sides-1 Yl, :md the von tniner iS londe preferuhly o pore-elain. c-lny. stone. glass. or thtl like so in to he :i1-id proof :1nd :t 1ion-eomluetor oi" eleeririty.

The cell nirfmher 5 is likewise melde o1" poreelnin. rlfyv. stone. glass. or the like :lo :u to he :leid prooi' und :l noirronduulor ot' olertrieity, :md they Cell mehrheiwoniplises :i flut. top (l. outer wnll T extending; downwardly from the edge# ol" the lint top. :i longitndinnl partition will 54 mttendinpdownwirdly from tho rnnverw renter. und erosie pm'titiom YM l0. ll. 'l2 und lil. thereby prodrlt'ing n plurality of r'ell ehnnihewr l-l. The

Fell menlher iF: mmller in pion than the eontniiwr l. Supporting' hlorl` i3 :mplzteed in the l'ornerS ofthe vontnioer und tho nell member 5 is iraserled ilfnvtln'ordlj.' into the eontzliner and Voets upon the liloelt 15. there heilig' n spurt' lll ull thl may :ironnd between the. eontniner und the veli member.

Tritt-r is mmh' ligjhily :slimline with 54o (limo hydrate :md plzued in. the eontriiner l. so that when tho roll niemher 5 i inserted the Water level l? will he substantially threeqnarters of n dislmiro lip from the bottom 2 to the tops of the Cell Chambers 14.

A11 electrode 18 is plared in ennh rollv chamber, :md en'cfh electrode preferably romprisesopen ended Popper pipes 19. and 21. The pipes are eonneeed al' their npper ends by :1 erosmar sind tho stem 223 is: connected to the erfassbar und inserted npwardly through the iop 6 so as to suspend Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Mau'. 23. 192).

Serial No. 304.942,

the electrode, in [he ehumher ll. A. binding post mnstrnwtion 3l is, formed upon the npper end of tho stem 215'. The generator 25 is eonoeel'ed one way h v the po itive lino 213 :tml tho other waxy hy the oognltire line, 2T.

The row 2H ol' rlrvtrodw 1H on one sich of the partition H is eonoeeted together and ille poitive` lino 2V: is eonneeted to thil row. The row 2*.) ol' eleetrodw on the other side ol' (he partition S is eonneetcd together and the negative lino 2T is eonnetted to this; row. so that the eleetrilil.)` must flow 'from tho row 2R to the row :29 and must pans downwardly under the partition 8. Tho row of r'ell containing the. row' pl' eloct'rodes 29 will produce hydrogen. nod the row of oellS rollmining' the ron ol lovtrodes 2S will produre oxygen.

Pipes extend upwardly through the top 6. one pipe from ent-h coll ehlnnher I4 of rho poSit-iw row 2%. A eolleeting pipe 3l connects the opper und of the pipes 30. :md the, pipe 32 lend; from the collecting pipe Bl to the` oxygen storage tank 33. In a llm Innnnmpipes ."S-l exlnnd upwardly 'from tho negative row 2*.) of meh cell Phamher` u Collectingi pipe 25 eonneelv the upper endo` of lho pipes 34. nml :l pipe 3G eonnor'` the pipe 3f) to the hydrogen Storage tnnltV Si'.

l'n place ol" Sodium hydl nte. any other snit zahle eleetrolyte muy he. :lddod to the wither lo produce. the proper eoxndilotivily :is will lm understood. The E. MuF, is preferably three, volte.

It. is proposed to produce the oxygen und hydrogen for commet-rial purposes or meelmnieal use and one of the purposes iS lio eompress the oxygen and hydrogen in sepurnte tanks `for eonwnient handlingY und to run the oxygen und hydrogen through "nivo ers Similar bo the burners used in acetylene. welding 0r the like for .eiriolm mcehunit-nl uses.

The ohjeft of the pnrlitiorl.l 9. if?. 1i.. lil und 13 is to dii ide the row into individswl (elle. und the, object of the partition S is to dividey the anode from the cathode poiiom of the cell so that the oxygen and hydrogen will be kept separate in their generation and Collection.

One of the principal features of my 'in-- vention resides in the provinion ol the open ended pipes constituting the. :modi-en and eathodes. thus providing n maximum :mf-:t of the leetroden for the generation of io gases,

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I claim:

1. An oxygen und hydrngun gcnm-uuu' mniprising n vontnincr adapted tu huid un vluuti'uLvt-iu sulution, :i cnil luonibol' muda u( 1i011-lnetuliif` nulbmnducting, noli-:ibswiiing ranswrse partition, une mid uf tim coil boing upon und this uthui end living uiusm anni adapted tu be moulin-l in Hiv, cuniziinvif. with ith open cmi opening dmvnuni'iiiy, iin' ti'unsvui'su lml'tiiion buing' pul'vd Iiglitiy nigm'u the H001' of the club minvij. vivlh'mivs mounted within thv evil vimmiwl-H :uinptcd tu iw unnnevicil inw :l ln'upvi' vici'i'iu circuit, und :i gm mnduit hauling l'i'uni nach 0i' (he wil cimniiwin.

2. n uxigvn :unl iiydwgun generator muy be mmh niihuut slm-1t ot' my Invention winlniing :i wniuinel' :adapted lo curry an vivctiulytil; solution, :1 veii nnembvi'n compowll of nnn-nictuiiief. nun-cuminsting, non airenrliing xuauerini having u trunsvcrn pau titiun dividing iin H011 into two chambers, uns cnil of thv voli inning cinsud, thu other und lining ulm-n muri ndnpiml tu im mounted in lluminimum' with it@` upun und downwardly. iuvuns fur supporting the cell in iii.) 'ulitninui u'imi'vby the partition i5 bpzicuii Huuou'imt nimm, Uw Huur of tho container, upvnonllmi lniiuiui' viwlucivs Innunmi with in un-li ui' tim wil uinimbcrb adapted tu im munwiieil iniu u proper eiectric circuit und :1 gus vuuiiuit fm' with if the cuil i'hzuuimis :ulzilumi lu wnlluul gus t'uul'efi'unl.

1n tnwtiniuuy whuxcuf I have signed iny uunw Ln (his :nicchie-n10 t n. G U ST AV E MILL ER. 

